Yaesu
HAM RADIO REPAIR,
serving licensed ham
operators for over 20 years.
Personal and professional repair service by Byron
Campbell, ham call WA4GEG and FCC Commercial Radio Telephone
licensed. If you want your transceiver repaired right the first time
around, then my service is for you. After repair your rig will be
burned in for 48 hours and undergo on the air testing to insure proper
operation. All radio gear is treated with TLC and serviced in a
"non-smoking" environment.
REPAIR LABOR RATE: $75 per hour. On average most transceiver repairs
are complete in 2 ~ 2.5 hours, and 2.5 ~ 3.5 hours for units
requiring a lot of work. E-mail with your model and problem and I can
usually give you a fairly close estimate on what to expect in the way
of repair costs.
On the bench repair estimate charge is based on the hourly rate.
The more intricate the equipment (those containing multiple boards
where each must be powered up and tested independently) and for
lightning or shipment damaged equipment, the higher the estimate
charge. Time in making repair estimates will typically run in the range
of 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Repair Facts; Servicing,
Alignment and Modification Info:
To
set up a date for repair / servicing and to have your transceiver added
to my work calendar just drop me an e-mail (see e-mail link below, or
send to wa4geg at hamradiobug.com) I'm
presently booking repair work for the month of May 2010.
Yaesu Transceiver models
serviced:
Exclusively
supported: FT-1000MP, FT-1000MP Mark-V,
FT-1000MP Mark-V FIELD. For servicing the 200 Watt FT-1000MP
Mark-V, all I require is the bare transceiver.
Future supported: FT-2000 series
Only those models listed above are
serviced at this time. I do not service anything else.
Inrad crystal filter options,
upgrades and modifications
* Want an
International Radio crystal filter, roofing filter unit and / or mod.
installed in your transceiver while it is being serviced? I sell
Inrad products at the same price as posted on their site.
Modifications and Updates:
*FT-1000MP,
Mark-V & Field: 1st IF-Amp. modification for improved gain
distribution, lower front end noise, and corrects "fuzzy" receive audio
symptoms common in many FT-1000MP. This mod. will
eliminate the need for the Inrad Noise Reduction mod., should the
latter be installed.
*FT-1000MP,
Mark-V & Field: REGULATOR UNIT MODIFICATION. 35% of rigs serviced
show signs of the -9 regulator dropping off due to heating. For these
affected sets I'll automatically add a copper heat sink to the -9 VDC
regulator IC.
*FT-1000MP,
Mark-V & Field: RF Unit Switching Transistor Update to correct
incomplete switching in receiver front end circuitry. Transceivers in
need of the update exhibit poor IMD performance
and excessive front end white noise. Affected models
are the later production FT-1000MP and most Mark-V and Mark-V
Fields. Updating the affected parts will reduce receiver front end
generated noise (3 dB nominal) and improve receiver IM3, Blocking and
SNR performance. This critical update is automatically
applied, where needed, during transceiver servicing.
What does it cost for equipment
repair?
*For the
FT-1000MP SERIES, average repair costs will range from $145 ~ $275
depending on the problem, and the amount of alignment work or touch-up
needed. Where both repair and modification work is requested, typical
labor / time will run 2.5 ~ 3.5 hours.
*Alignment
Costs: Based on hourly rate. All repair work will include Basic
Alignment, as needed, to insure the transceiver is operating to
specifications.
*Basic
Alignment includes adjustment of reference and carrier oscillators, IF
Shift / Width circuitry, VR, CM coupler, SWR protection, Over Current
protection /I-ALC, Main ALC, RF/IF AGC, S-meter and other meter
function adjustments/calibration.
*Performance
Optimizing Alignment includes the above plus USB/LSB carrier set point
optimization for highest quality transmit/receive audio response, RF/IF
alignment for optimal receiver signal to noise performance , i.e. best
sensitivity possible, transmitter IF alignment and per band drive
calibration. All performance measurement data is then noted on the
service invoice.
*Comprehensive
Alignment includes the above Basic plus PLL VCOs', PLL Band Pass
Filters and etc. Comprehensive alignment is generally not required
unless such circuitry has been repaired and/or the transceiver has had
little or no attention in a good many years.
FAQs:
How do I get started
on having
equipment
repaired by you?*E-mail me,
wa4geg [a] hamradiobug.com,
for
consultation before
shipping a piece of equipment
in for repair. This serves to get your name on my repair work
calendar, and will save your place in line should I be backed up with
work
at the time. *Note; replace [a] in the e-mail address with @ -- I'm
trying to stay ahead of the spambots.
What do you charge for repair
estimates?
The
nominal estimate charge is
$45. For lightning damaged or shipment damaged equipment (and for the
more intricate equipment containing multiple boards where
each unit must be power up and tested independently,) based on the
hourly labor rate.
Do you work on VHF, UHF
equipment and HTs'? No, sorry. My shop is
tooled up specifically for HF SSB (160 ~ 6 meter)
equipment repair. Only those models listed above are serviced at the
present time.
Which models do you not service?
I do not
service anything other than those units listed near
the top of this page under the heading "YAESU MODELS SERVICED".
I sent you an e-mail
and have not heard from you. Why?
1)
Missing, failed delivery and
delayed e-mail problems have been reported, primarily from AOL,
EarthLink,
juno, web-tv and arrl.net users. Solution: send your message again,
maybe even by way of a web-mail account such as Yahoo mail, Hot mail or
similar. Also, you might check your SPAM or BULK MAIL folder as
messages from me go through my domain HamRadioBug.com and are sometimes
detected as bulk or spam by certain ISP and web mail providers.
2) All e-mail messages should be sent a/o composed in plain text or
simple
HTML. Heavy HTML mail (that containing background images, stationary,
colors & etc.) will not display on my machine because I have
heavy HTML turned
off (everyone should) due to the security risk it poses.
NOTE: Microsoft 'rich text mail' is a form of HTML.
3) I do my best to
respond to e-mail within 3 to 5 business days.
Longer delays will naturally occur around the holidays.
4) To get past my e-mail SPAM filters it is a good idea that your
message subject field contain some relevant info. Suggested
subject
lines are those containing the equipment model and your name, initials
or
ham call sign. Subject line example:
FT-1000MP repair; "your name or call-sign here."
Other info:
E-mail communication is
preferred
and carried on five days per week, excluding holidays. Response times
will
typically run 3 to 5 BUSINESS DAYS (Mon.~Fri.) depending on my mail
load. Please
compose /
send mail in the form of plain text. Heavy HTML does not display on my
PC (I
keep HTML mail turned off for security reasons.)
Phone consultation is
available upon special request: to set up a phone consultation
appointment simply drop me an e-mail. Please include your name, call
sign and subject of inquiry (Yaesu model number, etc.) I'll get a
message back to you along with my phone number, day and time window for
you to call the shop.
Payment
methods accepted are: cash, personal check, certified check,
money order and
PayPal e-payment. Please allow ten business days for personal check to
clear my bank before item ships.
Credit card and debit card payment accepted too, but only through
PayPal
system at present. (You do not need a PayPal account to remit via
credit or debit card.)
I do not accept electronically wired payments to a bank account.